Alert archive / Massachusetts / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Boston/Norton, MA
NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued this winter storm warning at Dec 19, 2009, 4:23 AM EST for Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut; 9 counties in Massachusetts; 5 counties in Rhode Island. It took effect at Dec 19, 2009, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 20 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2009, 4:23 AM EST (09:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2009, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2009, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Boston/Norton, MA
Counties Capitol Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bristol County, MA, Essex County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Plymouth County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Bristol County, RI, Kent County, RI, Newport County, RI, Providence County, RI, Washington County, RI
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Chatham, MA (KCHH), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KBOX 190923 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 423 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... MAZ019>024-RIZ005>008-191730- /O.UPG.KBOX.BZ.A.0001.091219T2100Z-091220T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.091219T2100Z-091220T1800Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 423 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS AS WELL AS COASTAL SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND COASTAL RHODE ISLAND. A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND LIKELY BE SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW AND WILL REACH THE WARNING AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL PULL AWAY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF AND END SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 60 MPH. THIS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE BLINDING SNOW AT TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN OR SLEET FOR A TIME ON NANTUCKET AND THE OUTER CAPE TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 7 TO 15 INCHES. LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE OUTER CAPE AND ISLANDS IF MORE RAIN MIXES IN LONGER THAN EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT BEST...AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-011>018-RIZ001>004-191730- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0009.091219T2100Z-091220T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0009.091219T2100Z-091220T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 423 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT THE NORTHWESTERN INTERIOR. A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND LIKELY BE SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW AND WILL REACH THE WARNING AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL PULL AWAY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF AND END SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 7 TO 15 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF WINDS LOOK TO INCREASE MORE THAN FORECAST ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR...AND UPGRADE TO BLIZZARD WARNING WOULD BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>004-008>010-026-NHZ011-012-015-191730- /O.NEW.KBOX.WS.A.0010.091220T0300Z-091220T1800Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 423 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND LIKELY BE SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW...WE ARE FORECASTING A SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...BUT IF THE STORM TRACKS SLIGHTLY MORE NORTH THAN EXPECTED...AN AVERAGE OF GREATER THAN 6 INCHES MAY OCCUR. THIS WOULD REQUIRE AN UPGRADE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. && $$ MLE/HMF
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KBOX 190941 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 441 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... MAZ019>024-RIZ005>008-191745- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.091219T2100Z-091220T1800Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 441 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY. A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND LIKELY BE SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW AND WILL REACH THE WARNING AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL PULL AWAY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF AND END SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT...NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 60 MPH. THIS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE BLINDING SNOW AT TIMES... WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN OR SLEET FOR A TIME ON NANTUCKET AND THE OUTER CAPE TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 7 TO 15 INCHES. LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE OUTER CAPE AND ISLANDS IF MORE RAIN MIXES IN LONGER THAN EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT BEST...AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-011>018-RIZ001>004-191745- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0009.091219T2100Z-091220T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON... FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK 441 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND EXCEPT THE NORTHWESTERN INTERIOR. A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND LIKELY BE SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW AND WILL REACH THE WARNING AREA BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL PULL AWAY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SNOW TO TAPER OFF AND END SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 7 TO 15 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AS THE LOW APPROACHES TONIGHT...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS COMBINED WITH HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF WINDS LOOK TO INCREASE MORE THAN FORECAST ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR...AND UPGRADE TO BLIZZARD WARNING WOULD BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002>004-008>010-026-NHZ011-012-015-191745- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0010.091220T0300Z-091220T1800Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...AYER...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 441 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND LIKELY BE SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AS OF RIGHT NOW...THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW. IF CONFIDENCE ON THESE AMOUNTS INCREASES...THIS WOULD REQUIRE AN UPGRADE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. && $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 191644 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1144 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... MAZ017-018-RIZ002-004-200045- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0009.091219T2100Z-091220T1700Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.091219T2100Z-091220T1800Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- EASTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PROVIDENCE... WARWICK 1144 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AND FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE WORST OF THE SNOW AND WIND WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER BANDS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 16 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING THEN QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY BY MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ MAZ004-009-010-026-200045- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0010.091220T0300Z-091220T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.WS.W.0009.091219T2100Z-091220T1700Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...BLANDFORD... AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...AYER 1144 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ019>024-RIZ005>008-200045- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.091219T2100Z-091220T1800Z/ EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD... MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY... NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1144 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AND FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. THE WORST OF THE SNOW AND WIND WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER BANDS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 16 INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET WHERE THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES THIS EVENING...BUT ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-011>016-RIZ001-003-200045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0009.091219T2100Z-091220T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 1144 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. GUSTY WINDS OCCASIONALLY TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 7 TO 15 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002-003-008-NHZ011-012-015-200045- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.A.0010.091220T0300Z-091220T1800Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1144 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. IT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND LIKELY BE SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AND END SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AS OF RIGHT NOW...THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW. IF CONFIDENCE ON THESE AMOUNTS INCREASES...THIS WOULD REQUIRE AN UPGRADE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 6 OR MORE INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. ANYONE TRAVELING IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO MODIFY TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD WINTER WEATHER DEVELOP. && $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 192121 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 421 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... MAZ017>024-RIZ002-004>008-200530- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091220T1800Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...PROVIDENCE... WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 421 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AND FOR MUCH OF RHODE ISLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PROVIDENCE...NEWPORT...TAUNTON... BROCKTON...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...AND PLYMOUTH. IT ALSO INCLUDES CAPE COD...NANTUCKET... MARTHAS VINEYARD AND BLOCK ISLAND. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AND FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. THE WORST OF THE SNOW AND WIND WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER BANDS. IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND SNOWFALL RATES COULD LOCALLY EXCEED 3 INCHES PER HOUR IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE FORECAST ACROSS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE UPPER CAPE. AN ISOLATED AMOUNT UP TO 18 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. NEAR 10 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD. ON THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET... A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORM WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT THIS MAY REDUCE SNOW TOTALS TO PERHAPS ONLY 6 INCHES THERE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE FOR AT LEAST THREE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. ALSO...BE SURE TO CHECK ALL EXTERNAL VENTS ON YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CAN LEAD TO A CARBON MONOXIDE RISK IF BLOCKED BY SNOW DRIFTS. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ004>007-009>016-026-RIZ001-003-200530- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091220T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...AYER...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH 421 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY FOR NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES PLACES SUCH AS HARTFORD...SPRINGFIELD...WORCESTER...BOSTON... FOXBORO...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...AND NEWBURYPORT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. GUSTY WINDS OCCASIONALLY TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10 TO 15 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002-003-008-NHZ011-012-015-200530- /O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0010.091220T0300Z-091220T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.091220T0300Z-091220T1800Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 421 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY FOR CHESHIRE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER MOVING UP THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT...BECOMING SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE OVERNIGHT AND IT MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE SNOW DIMINISHES. THE LOWER AMOUNTS WILL BE IN FAR NORTHWEST CHESHIRE COUNTY...FARTHER FROM THE STORM. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS...AROUND 6 INCHES...WILL BE NEAR NASHUA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ FIELD
000 WWUS41 KBOX 200249 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 949 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... MAZ017>024-RIZ002-004>008-201100- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091220T1800Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...PROVIDENCE... WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 949 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IN FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. SNOW HAS ALREADY OVER SPREAD THE SOUTH COAST THROUGH 930 PM AND HAS QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY. ALREADY RECEIVING SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 1 INCH PER HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL OVER SPREAD THE REST OF THE REGION THROUGH 11 PM AND BECOME HEAVY BY MIDNIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS FOR A TIME OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AND FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. THE WORST OF THE SNOW AND WIND WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER BANDS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED REPORTS OF THUNDER SNOW ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SNOWFALL RATES COULD LOCALLY EXCEED 3 INCHES PER HOUR IN ANY THUNDERSTORM. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE FORECAST ACROSS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE UPPER CAPE. AN ISOLATED AMOUNT UP TO 18 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. NEAR 10 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD. ON THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET... A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORM WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT THIS MAY REDUCE SNOW TOTALS TO PERHAPS ONLY 6 INCHES THERE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE FOR AT LEAST THREE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. ALSO...BE SURE TO CHECK ALL EXTERNAL VENTS ON YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CAN LEAD TO A CARBON MONOXIDE RISK IF BLOCKED BY SNOW DRIFTS. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ004>007-009>016-026-RIZ001-003-201100- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091220T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...AYER...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH 949 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM 10 PM THROUGH 1 AM. THE SNOW WILL ARRIVE THE LATEST IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. GUSTY WINDS OCCASIONALLY TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EASTER MASSACHUSETTS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10 TO 15 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002-003-008-NHZ011-012-015-201100- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.091220T0300Z-091220T1800Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 949 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER MOVING UP THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT...BECOMING SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE SNOW DIMINISHES. THE LOWER AMOUNTS WILL BE IN FAR NORTHWEST CHESHIRE COUNTY...FARTHER FROM THE STORM. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS...AROUND 6 INCHES...WILL BE NEAR NASHUA AND MANCHESTER. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PARTS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EVENTUALLY HAVE TO BE UPGRADED TO A MARGINAL WARNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 200311 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1011 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... MAZ017>024-RIZ002-004>008-201115- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091220T1800Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...PROVIDENCE... WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 1011 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IN FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND... SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. SNOW HAS ALREADY OVER SPREAD THE SOUTH COAST THROUGH 930 PM AND HAS QUICKLY BECOME HEAVY. ALREADY RECEIVING SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING 1 INCH PER HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL OVER SPREAD THE REST OF THE REGION THROUGH 11 PM AND BECOME HEAVY BY MIDNIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS FOR A TIME OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WITH HEAVY SNOW AND FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. THE WORST OF THE SNOW AND WIND WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER BANDS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED REPORTS OF THUNDER SNOW ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SNOWFALL RATES COULD LOCALLY EXCEED 3 INCHES PER HOUR IN ANY THUNDERSTORM. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE FORECAST ACROSS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE UPPER CAPE. AN ISOLATED AMOUNT UP TO 18 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. NEAR 10 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD. ON THE OUTER CAPE AND NANTUCKET... A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORM WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT THIS MAY REDUCE SNOW TOTALS TO PERHAPS ONLY 6 INCHES THERE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THE SNOW THAT FALLS ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WILL BE QUITE WET. THIS COULD LEAD TO SOME TREE DAMAGE ALONG WITH POWER OUTAGES. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE FOR AT LEAST THREE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. ALSO...BE SURE TO CHECK ALL EXTERNAL VENTS ON YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CAN LEAD TO A CARBON MONOXIDE RISK IF BLOCKED BY SNOW DRIFTS. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ004>007-009>016-026-RIZ001-003-201115- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091220T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BARRE...FITCHBURG...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...BLANDFORD...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...AYER...FOSTER... SMITHFIELD...WEST GREENWICH 1011 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM 10 PM THROUGH 1 AM. THE SNOW WILL ARRIVE THE LATEST IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM. GUSTY WINDS OCCASIONALLY TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EASTER MASSACHUSETTS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10 TO 15 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY SUNDAY MORNING BUT STEADY SNOW WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS BEFORE ENDING LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT WILL BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ002-003-008-NHZ011-012-015-201115- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-091220T1800Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 1011 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. A CLASSIC WINTERTIME NOREASTER MOVING UP THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT...BECOMING SITUATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE SNOW DIMINISHES. THE LOWER AMOUNTS WILL BE IN FAR NORTHWEST CHESHIRE COUNTY...FARTHER FROM THE STORM. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS...AROUND 6 INCHES...WILL BE NEAR NASHUA AND MANCHESTER. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PARTS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY EVENTUALLY HAVE TO BE UPGRADED TO A MARGINAL WARNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$
000 WWUS41 KBOX 200902 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 402 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND WILL TAPER OFF WEST TO EAST DURING MID TO LATE MORNING... MAZ004-010-011-026-201715- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091220T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.091220T0902Z-091220T1800Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...AYER 402 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS WILL BE ON THE NORTHWEST FRINGE OF A POWERFUL WINTER STORM PASSING SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE EAST SIDE OF THE PIONEER VALLEY IN WEST CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND ACROSS NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 190. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AROUND MID MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ MAZ009-201015- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091220T1700Z/ WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BLANDFORD 402 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY. THE POWERFUL WINTER STORM PASSING SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET THIS MORNING WILL BE FAR ENOUGH EAST TO KEEP THE HEAVIER SNOW EAST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL LIKELY FALL IN THIS AREA BEFORE ENDING LATER THIS MORNING. $$ MAZ002-003-008-NHZ011-012-015-201015- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-091220T1800Z/ WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...ORANGE... CHESTERFIELD...JAFFREY...KEENE...MANCHESTER...NASHUA... PETERBOROUGH...WEARE 402 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL REMAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE. EVEN SO...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF LIGHT FLUFFY SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE BEFORE ENDING LATE THIS MORNING. $$ MAZ017>024-RIZ002-004>008-201715- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091220T1800Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...PROVIDENCE... WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 402 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND... SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR DURING THE EARLY MORNING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS AS WELL AS ALONG THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY EAST COAST WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND INTERIOR RHODE ISLAND...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ISOLATED THUNDER SNOW COULD RESULT IN BRIEF ISOLATED SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR UNTIL DAYBREAK. THE WETTER SNOW ACROSS THE CAPE AND ISLANDS MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST BY AROUND MID MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE FORECAST ACROSS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE UPPER CAPE. NEAR 10 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD AND THE OUTER CAPE. ON NANTUCKET...A WETTER SNOW WILL REDUCE SNOW TOTALS TO BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER ACROSS CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE FOR AT LEAST THREE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. ALSO...BE SURE TO CHECK ALL EXTERNAL VENTS ON YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CAN LEAD TO A CARBON MONOXIDE RISK IF BLOCKED BY SNOW DRIFTS. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-012>016-RIZ001-003-201700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091220T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 402 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND EAST COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 15 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...HEAVIEST ACROSS NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL PULL AWAY BY MID MORNING...ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW MAY LINGER ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TO MIDDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS THROUGH MOST OF THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ THOMPSON
000 WWUS41 KBOX 201308 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 808 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND WILL TAPER OFF WEST TO EAST DURING MID TO LATE MORNING... MAZ017>024-RIZ002-004>008-201800- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091220T1800Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH... PROVINCETOWN...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...PROVIDENCE... WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT... BLOCK ISLAND 808 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND... SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR UNTIL MID MORNING. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS THROUGH MID MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO LESSEN IN INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER 10 AM BUT NOT LIKELY TO QUIT ENTIRELY UNTIL MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...AND CAPE COD. NEAR 10 INCHES IS FORECAST FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD. ON NANTUCKET...A WETTER SNOW WILL REDUCE SNOW TOTALS TO BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER ACROSS CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET THROUGH EARLY OR MID AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE FOR AT LEAST THREE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. ALSO...BE SURE TO CHECK ALL EXTERNAL VENTS ON YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CAN LEAD TO A CARBON MONOXIDE RISK IF BLOCKED BY SNOW DRIFTS. && $$ CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-012>016-RIZ001-003-201700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091220T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE... GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD... CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 808 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AND MASSACHUSETTS EAST OF WORCESTER UNTIL ABOUT 10 AM...AND THEN DIMINISH IN INTENSITY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY 11 AM ACROSS NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY. ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 15 INCHES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...HEAVIEST ACROSS NORTHEAST CONNECTICUT...RHODE ISLAND...SOUTHEAST WORCESTER COUNTY AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH MOST OF THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ004-010-011-026-201800- /O.CON.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-091220T1800Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...AMHERST... NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...AYER 808 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE EAST SIDE OF THE PIONEER VALLEY IN WEST CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 190. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 10 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$ THOMPSON
000 WWUS41 KBOX 201538 WSWBOX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1038 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND WILL TAPER OFF WEST TO EAST DURING MID TO LATE MORNING... MAZ017>021-RIZ002-004>008-201700- /O.CAN.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091220T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KBOX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091220T1700Z/ NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI- BLOCK ISLAND RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH... FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...PROVIDENCE...WARWICK... BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...BLOCK ISLAND 1038 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CONVERTED THE BLIZZARD WARNING TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND...AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY OR MID AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ CTZ002-003-201645- /O.CAN.KBOX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091220T1700Z/ HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON 1038 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL END AROUND MIDDAY. $$ MAZ010-011-201645- /O.CAN.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-091220T1800Z/ EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMHERST...NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD 1038 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MAZ022>024-201800- /O.CON.KBOX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-091220T1800Z/ BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN... VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET 1038 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE OUTER CAPE. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE FOR AT LEAST THREE CONSECUTIVE HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. ALSO...BE SURE TO CHECK ALL EXTERNAL VENTS ON YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY CAN LEAD TO A CARBON MONOXIDE RISK IF BLOCKED BY SNOW DRIFTS. && $$ CTZ004-MAZ005>007-012>016-RIZ001-003-201700- /O.CON.KBOX.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091220T1700Z/ WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM... LOWELL...LAWRENCE...GLOUCESTER...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO... NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD... WEST GREENWICH 1038 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED...BUT LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY OR MID AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN AN AVERAGE OF 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD...OR FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TRAVEL WILL BE SLOW AT BEST ON WELL TREATED SURFACES...AND QUITE DIFFICULT ON ANY UNPLOWED OR UNTREATED SURFACES. && $$ MAZ004-026-201700- /O.EXT.KBOX.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-091220T1700Z/ NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...FITCHBURG...AYER 1038 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BEFORE ENDING AROUND MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. ANY SNOW OR ICE WOULD MAKE DRIVING AND WALKING DIFFICULT...BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 19, 4:11 AM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 4:11 AM EST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
411 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A POWERFUL COASTAL STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE COAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.
UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE
WORK WEEK. ANOTHER LOW MAY APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH EITHER CHRISTMAS
EVE OR CHRISTMAS DAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST IS ALREADY
SENDING LOTS OF MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
HOWEVER...PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL DRY AIR WILL HOLD OFF ANY
PRECIPITATION FOR MOST OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...THE NAM HAS BEEN TOO
SLOW WITH THE ONSET OF SNOW ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT. WE DO
THINK THAT BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING SNOW WILL BE MAKING ITS
WAY INTO CONNECTICUT...AS WELL AS THE SOUTH COAST/CAPE ISLANDS.
THEREFORE...WILL HAVE CHANCE TO LOW END LIKELY POPS TOWARDS 00Z IN
THIS REGION.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY/...
***A POWERFUL COASTAL STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO
PORTIONS OF THE COAST TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING***
LOW PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL BECOME A BOMB AS
SURFACE PRESSURE WILL DROP TO AROUND 970 MB...AS IT PASSES SOUTHEAST
OF THE BENCHMARK LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. LOTS OF LIGHTNING
IS ALREADY SHOWING UP JUST TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
ALL IN ALL...THIS WILL BE A PRETTY CLASSIC SETUP FOR HEAVY SNOW
ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. CONFIDENCE IN HEAVY SNOW IS
QUITE HIGH ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THE FLY IN THE
OINTMENT REMAINS HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS ACROSS NORTHWEST MA AND
SOUTHERN NH...AND WHERE EXACTLY DOES THE SHARP CUT OFF IN THE
PRECIPITATION SHIELD OCCUR. THE 00Z MODEL SUITE HAS TRENDED FURTHER
NORTHWEST AND WE THINK THAT TREND MAY NOT BE DONE. MANY OF THESE
POWERFUL STORMS OFTEN TREND FURTHER NORTHWEST 24 TO 36 HOURS BEFORE
THE EVENT.
HEADLINES...
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN HEAVY SNOW FROM THE LOWER CONNECTICUT
VALLEY...RHODE ISLAND AS WELL AS CENTRAL/EASTERN MA. WE WILL BE
CONVERTING THE WINTER STORM WATCHES TO WARNINGS FOR BETWEEN 7 AND 15
INCHES OF SNOW. WILL ALSO BE CONVERTING THE BLIZZARD WATCH TO A
WARNING ALONG THE SOUTH COAST/CAPE AND ISLANDS. ALTHOUGH ITS TOUGH
TO TECHNICALLY VERIFY THE 3 CONSECUTIVE HOURS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW
ONE QUARTER OF A MILE...ITS PROBABLY WORTH IT FOR THE INTEREST OF
PUBLIC SAFETY. BUFKIT IS SHOWING THE POTENTIAL FOR 40 TO 50 MPH
WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE SOUTH COAST...WITH 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE ON
THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. WITH THE THREAT FOR WIND DAMAGE...NEAR WHITE
OUT CONDITION AND HEAVY SNOW FEEL A BLIZZARD WARNING IS WARRANTED
EVEN IF THE EXACT CRITERIA IS NOT MET. IN FACT...THERE IS A CHANCE
THAT THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL HAVE TO BE EXTENDED INTO SOUTHEAST
MA/RHODE ISLAND BY LATER SHIFTS. REGARDLESS...MUCH OF THE REGION WILL
HAVE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. IT IS
ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE OUTER MOST CAPE AND NANTUCKET CHANGE TO RAIN
FOR A TIME. IF THIS OCCURS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN
FORECAST...BUT AT THIS TIME STILL THINK MOST OF THE EVENT WOULD BE
IN THE FORM OF SNOW.
WHILE CONFIDENCE IS A BIT LOWER ACROSS SOUTHERN NH AND NORTHWEST
MA...THE LATEST SREF/GEFS/RGEM/GFS HAVE NEARLY A HALF INCH OF QPF
INTO THIS REGION. WHILE THE ECMWF/UKMET REMAIN FURTHER
SOUTH...GROWING CONCERNED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF WARNING CRITERIA
BEING MET IN THIS REGION ESPECIALLY WITH BETTER SNOW RATIOS UP IN
THAT REGION. FOR NOW...WE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH AND THE NEXT
SHIFT CAN DECIDE ON A POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO A WARNING.
TIMING...
THE DRY AIR INITIALLY AT THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
MAKE THE NORTHWARD PROGRESSION OF THE SNOW SLOW TO ADVANCE
NORTHWARD. WE DO EXPECT SNOW TO COMMENCE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 PM SOUTH
OF THE MA PIKE. IT PROBABLY WILL OVER SPREAD THE NORTHERN HALF OF
MA BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. ACROSS SOUTHERN NH...IT PROBABLY WILL
NOT REACH THEM UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT OR A LITTLE AFTER.
METEOROLOGY...
THIS POWERFUL COASTAL STORM WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE WELL DEFINED 700 AND
850 MB FEATURES...WHICH WILL YIELD TREMENDOUS FORCING AND BANDING.
ITS ALWAYS TOUGH TO PINPOINT WHERE EXACTLY THE BANDING WILL SETUP
BECAUSE THEY ARE SO MESOSCALE IN NATURE. THE RGEM/GFS SEEM TO PIN
ONE BAND OVER THE LOWER CONNECTICUT VALLEY AND YOU CAN SEE THE
CONVERGENCE IN THE 700 MB WIND FIELDS. WE THINK THAT THE MODEL QPF
MAY NOT BE FAR ENOUGH WEST IN THIS REGION. THE RGEM DOES SHOW THE
HEAVY QPF AXIS NICELY ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE A TAD TOO FAR EAST. IN
FACT...THE LATEST 6Z NAM REALLY SHOWS THIS BAND NICELY OVER THE
LOWER CONNECTICUT VALLEY. WILL HAVE TO FINE TUNE THE DETAILS...BUT
THAT MIGHT BE ON AREA TO WATCH FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT.
ANOTHER BAND WILL PROBABLY SETUP LATER IN THE NIGHT ACROSS THE
BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE CORRIDOR. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN VARY
CONSIDERABLY IN BANDS SO GIVING EXACT ACCUMULATIONS IS NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE...BUT THIS WILL BE A MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR MOST AREAS.
SNOWGROWTH ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE WITH 20 TO
40 UNITS OF OMEGA IN THE SNOW GROWTH REGION. THEREFORE...WE THINK
ONCE THE SNOW GETS GOING IT WILL FALL AT THE RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR. WE MAY SEE ISOLATED AREAS OF 3 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL
RATES WHERE ANY LOCALIZED BANDING SETS UP. IN ADDITION...WE WILL
HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF THUNDER SNOW. WILL NOT
INSERT INTO THE FORECAST BECAUSE ITS SO UNCERTAIN WHERE AND IF THIS
WOULD OCCUR. HOWEVER...THERE CERTAINLY IS A NICE EPV SIGNATURE
ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY.
MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD WIND DOWN ACROSS THE INTERIOR
BY EARLY TO MID MORNING ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER...WE THINK THE CONVEYOR
BELT WILL PERSIST IN OUR EASTERN ZONES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN
MA AND EVEN SOUTHEAST NH WHERE ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING WITH GOOD INFLOW OFF THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN. WE SHOULD FINALLY SEE THE SNOW DIMINISH TO FLURRIES ACROSS
THE EASTERN SECTIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
SUMMARY...
A POWERFUL STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO MOST OF THE REGION AND
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
COAST. OVERALL...FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR MOST OF OUR
REGION. THERE STILL IS UNCERTAINTY ACROSS NORTHWEST MA...SOUTHERN
NH BUT CONFIDENCE IS GROWING THAT THIS AREA WILL SEE MARGINAL
WARNING CRITERIA AS WELL. THE OTHER CONCERN IS THE POSSIBLE UPGRADE
TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR RHODE ISLAND AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN MA.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST...IF MORE RAIN OCCURS ON THE OUTER MOST CAPE AND
NANTUCKET THAN EXPECTED ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN CURRENTLY
FORECASTED.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
ANY LINGERING SNOWFALL SHOULD BE EXITING THE CAPE AND ISLANDS AT THE
VERY BEGINNING OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD. IN THE WAKE OF THE
STORM...EXPECT COLD AND WINDY CONDITIONS WITH PERHAPS SOME BLOWING
SNOW FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.
A CLOSED MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW IS PROGGED TO SLIDE NEARLY OVERHEAD
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. WE INCREASED POPS TO SLIGHT
CHANCE TO CHANCE FOR EASTERNMOST ZONES FOR TUE INTO WED AS THIS
FEATURE MAY HELP TO PRODUCE A SNEAKY LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWER EVENT
NEAR THE COAST TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...AND PERHAPS SOME OCEAN
EFFECT SNOWS ON THE CAPE AND ISLANDS ON WEDNESDAY. WE INCREASED
CLOUDS DURING THIS TIME AS WELL...MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF
THE CWA. OTHERWISE...IT STILL LOOKS COLDER THAN NORMAL AND BLUSTERY
DURING THE TUE-WED PERIOD.
THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT LOOKS TO AFFECT US IS MODELED TO OCCUR AROUND
CHRISTMAS...GIVE OR TAKE A DAY. THE SYSTEM LOOKS WARMER THAN WHAT WE
HAVE EXPERIENCED LATELY...SO WE FORECASTED A MIX OF PRECIP FOR
NOW...IT PRELIMINARY LOOKS LIKE SNOW/SLEET/RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN FOR
MOST. CAN/T RULE OUT SOME FZRA FOR THE INTERIOR.
&&
.AVIATION /09Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
VFR THROUGH 18Z SAT WITH CIGS AOA 15KFT. LIGHT N/NW WINDS.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR UPCOMING STORM SAT NIGHT INTO SUN...
KACK KFMH KHYA...FAIRLY HIGH CONFIDENCE. IFR EXPECTED 00Z-03Z SUN
WITH LIFR PROBABLE THROUGH 12Z SUN. NE WINDS SHOULD INCREASE RAPIDLY
WITH FREQUENT 40-45KT GUSTS LIKELY. CONDITIONS SLOW TO IMPROVE
12Z-18Z SUN WITH CONTINUED STRONG N WINDS. MAX SNOWFALL RATES 1-2
IN/HR SAT NIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL 5-10 IN.
KBOS KPVD...MODERATE CONFIDENCE. IFR EXPECTED 03Z-06Z SUN IF NOT LIFR
AT TIMES THROUGH 12Z SUN. NE WINDS GUST TO 35KT. CONDITIONS SLOW TO
IMPROVE 12Z-18Z SUN ESPECIALLY KBOS WITH CONTINUED STRONG N WINDS.
MAX SNOWFALL RATES 1-2 IN/HR LATE SAT NIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL 5-10
IN.
KBDL KBAF KORH...MODERATE CONFIDENCE. STILL SOME QUESTION AS TO HOW
FAR INLAND STEADIER SNOW GETS...SO MVFR MORE LIKELY AT THIS TIME
WITH PERIODS OF IFR 06Z-12Z SUN. N/NE WINDS GUST TO 30KT. SHOULD BE
IMPROVEMENT 12Z-18Z SUN. MAX SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 IN/HR LATE SAT
NIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL 3-7 IN.
KMHT...MODERATE CONFIDENCE. NOT CERTAIN IF STEADIER SNOW MAKES IT
THAT FAR N...SO MVFR MOST LIKELY AT THIS TIME WITH IFR POSSIBLE
06Z-12Z SUN. STRONG WINDS NOT EXPECTED TO BE AN ISSUE. TOTAL
SNOWFALL 1-3 IN POSSIBLE...BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY END UP
REMAINING S.
OUTLOOK...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
MAINLY VFR WITH GUSTY N WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...THERE IS
A LOW PROB OF MVFR CONDITIONS TUE-WED FOR BOS/HYA/ACK/FMH AS LOW
PRESSURE LINGERING OFF THE COAST MAY SWING A PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS
THROUGH THE AREA.
&&
.MARINE...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH TONIGHT AS HIGH
PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS OVER WATERS...SO REMAINING SCA WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
STRONG COASTAL LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE MID ATLANTIC SAT WILL BRING
INCREASING NE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS SAT AFTERNOON. GALE FORCE WINDS
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON S COASTAL WATERS LATE IN DAY...BUT SHOULD HOLD
OFF UNTIL EARLY EVENING ON E MA WATERS.
OUTLOOK /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
NORTH/NORTHWEST WINDS OF SMALL CRAFT LEVELS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
MUCH OF THE PERIOD WITH SEAS REMAINING UP. THERE MAY BE A FEW
PERIODS OF GALES DURING THE PERIOD AS WELL...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY
EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
&&
.BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST
SUNDAY FOR CTZ002>004.
MA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR MAZ002>004-008>010-026.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY
FOR MAZ019>024.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST
SUNDAY FOR MAZ005>007-011>018.
NH...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NHZ011-012-015.
RI...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY
FOR RIZ005>008.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST
SUNDAY FOR RIZ001>004.
MARINE...STORM WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY FOR
ANZ231-232-254>256.
GALE WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST SUNDAY FOR
ANZ233>237.
GALE WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY FOR
ANZ230-250-251.
GALE WARNING FROM NOON TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY FOR ANZ231.
&&
SYNOPSIS...FRANK
NEAR TERM...FRANK
SHORT TERM...FRANK
LONG TERM...EKSTER
AVIATION...EKSTER/FRANK
MARINE...EKSTER/FRANKHazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 4:16 PM EST, 12 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 416 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 MAZ019>024-RIZ005>008-192130- EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA- BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI- NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 416 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. BLIZZARD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY. CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-011>018-RIZ001>004-192130- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI- 416 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY. MAZ002>004-008>010-026-NHZ011-012-015-192130- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 416 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WHICH COULD REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA /2 TO 6 INCHES/. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. ANZ232-254>256-192130- NANTUCKET SOUND- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 416 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230-231-250-251-192130- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- 416 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ233>237-192130- VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY- BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- 416 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO NOON EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Boston/Norton, MA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 4:23 AM EST | Blizzard Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 33 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:23 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 12 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:36 AM EST | Storm Warning | BOX | 30 hr | |
| Dec 19, 4:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 12 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Massachusetts, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in Rhode Island, 2009Winter Storm Warnings in Connecticut, 2009Every winter storm warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.